Speaking of reflexes, it reminds me of those games where your supposed to click/hit a button once it says go. I did a quick search and found this pretty simple flash reaction game:
http://www.opendb.net/media/content/426.swf
Best I could do was .26 seconds =/
I bet someone with a Lego Mindstorm set could whip up a robot that would do this much faster.
You should have kept trying. I got .01 second by using your technique. http://i.imgur.com/PG92y.jpg . I recently had to go to a nerve specialist and we talked about the speed of the electrical pulses that go through your body. He told me that it is nowhere near the speed of electricity in wire - more on the order of meters per second, not miles per second.
The reaction timer was interesting -- I managed to get 0.16s in one attempt out of ~15, with most attempts ranging from .25-.35. It reminded me of exercises they had us do in driver's ed in high school to show how reaction time+braking distance was affected by alcohol.
Nice timer. I managed to hover around .25 by staring at the background color rather than the button itself. Unsettling to notice the time gap between my brain perceiving the color change and moving the finger/clicking.
Best I could do was .26 seconds =/
I bet someone with a Lego Mindstorm set could whip up a robot that would do this much faster.